Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-06-23
GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS TO-DAY.-Internal reve
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GOVERNMENT RECEIPTS To-DAY-Internal reve-
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PROF A. h. JANUS, for the past fourteen years
connected with the Columbian University, has
been appointed superintendent of Indian schools
Tor the district OF Southern California, and is now
| e" route for his new field Of labor.
CoNsULs RECOGNIZED.-The President has recOg-
nized Arnold RUNNER as consul of Belgium, at
Baltimore, for the States OF Maryland and Della
ware. and Julio Gonzalez, consul Of the United
states OF venezuela, at San Francisco, Cal
DISTINGUISHED JAPANESE VIsITORs.-viscount N.
Watanabe, president of the auditing department
OF the empire OF Japan; K. Hama s. Hiratsuka,
and H. Agashima are visiting Washington for the
purpose or studying the auditing systems OF this
COUNTY, alter Whlch they Will continue such In
VeSlgatlon In the European countries. The dis
tinguished visitors were received this morning by
the secretary OF State, who accompanied them to
the White House and presented them to the Pres
1dent.
THOSE WHO LEAVE THE CITY during the sum-
mer can have THE STAR mailed to them for any
length of time, and the address changed as often
as desired. The subscription must be invariably
paid in advance.
The SHIPPING AND INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.-The Pa
cifc coast branch OF the American Shipping
League has declared that Congress SIS should favor
by bOunt1es, the building and navigation OF Amer
lean vessels for foreign trade The bounty bill In
lTOuuceu In the last Congress was lndOrSed. A
protest against the neglect Of the Federal Gov
ernment to fOrtify the harbor OF San Francisco
was adopted. memorial will be presented to
Congress. The Lake Shore and Mississippi Valley
department OF the League will assemble at Chi
cago. Ill, June 20; North Atlantic coast depart
ment, at Boston, September 20; Gulf coast de-
partment at Birmingham, Ala, November s; and
the National Union convention In this city Decem-
Der 8. This League was created last year in the
South, "for the purpose OF making, unitedly and
determinedly, effort to obtain economic and pa
t1otic legislation in behalf OF the revival OF
American shipping and the restoration OF our flag
upon the SEAS"
| THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION has invited the
secretaries Of the local civil service boards in New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St.
Louis, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Brooklyn Buffalo
ana Louisville to meet in this city Tomorrow, for
the purpose OF comforting with the Commission
| with view to so Systematizng the work OF ex-
amlnatlonS as to make them practically the same
In all OF the larger cities of the country.
| NAVAL ORDERs.-Lieuts. Benz. F. Tilley and Jno.
| P. Merrill have been ordered to examination for
promotion.
| ALL THE CABINET OFFICERS were present at the
regular Cabinet meeting to-day.
THE Rosr-OFF1CE at Eurie, Floyd County, Va.
has been discontinued.
RESULTS OF THE WEST POINT ExAMINAT1oNs.-The
report OF the academic board on the results of the
| entering June examinations at the West Point
| Military Academy has been received at the War
Department. 1t shows that OF the 1873 candidates
for admission to the Academy including aiternates
Twelve were rejected by the medical board and
thirty-fve by the academic board. Thirty failed
| to report for examination leaving 1O6 candidates
who were found tit for admission to the Academy.
The percentage OF candidates rejected because OF
| mental disqualification is said to be very low as
| compared with preceding years All OF the candi-
| dateS-at-large, who are nominated by the Prest-
dent, succeeded in passing the examinations.
| PERsoNAL-Among the honorary degrees con-
ferred at Princeton yesterday was that OF L. D. on
Justice Stanley Matthews OF the Supreme Court OF
| the United StateS.-AmOng recent arrivals at the
| Hygeia Hotel, Old Point Comfort, from Washing
| ton, are y. d. Waters, ]. Hughes, DR.. F. S. Peters
and wife, Hamilton S. Wallace, George H. Boyd,
| p Garnett, the Misses Eustis Mr.. and Mrs II. j.
Morgan, Mrs Charles F. TOwle. August W. Noack
Jr.. Charles C. NJ: Lef1ier, MIR. and Mrs. W. F. Mat
tingly, Miss Mattingly, Mrs c. n. 1hOm Miss NJ
| B. Jones, and Charles VI. Matthews of Washington
are at Deer PARK. rk.--Representatlve Nelson and
j. +. Sunalt OF Philadelphia are at WlllarIs-A
c. SUITS OF New York, Hugh Campbell OF St Louis
| and VIM. Garrett OF Cleveland are at the Riggs
-Ex-Attorney General Wayne Macveagh of
Pennsylvania, r. II. Parkinson OF Cincinnati, and
II. X. Duval or New York are at Wormleys.-
Judge Lambert Tree, United States minister to
| Belgium, John DliZel OF Pittsburg, and E. W.
Linn OF Birmingham. Ala, are at the Arlington.
The Eastern Branch Bridge.
! SECRETARY ENDICOTT APPROVES THE REPORT OF THE
| ENGINEER BOARD.
The Secretary OF War this morning approved the
| report OF the board Of engineer officers On the
Eastern Branch Bridge, published in yesterdays
| STAR The report has been returned to the Chief
OF Engineers with instructions to advertise for
proposals for the construction Of the bridge. The
case has been made special, and Col. Hams the
engineer officer in charge, will hasten matters as
much as possible.
The Epidemic at Key West.
| MRS. BRYANT OF THAT PLACE SAYS IT Is NOT YELL
LOW FEVER.
| Mrs Leila Bryant, whois native OF Key West Fla
| has just reached Washington from that place
| She says there Is much doubt whether they have
had yellow fever there at ALL She has lived there
all her life, and her mother has been nurse there
for fifteen years She SAWS that the natives all de-